Tool for folding shirt neckbands



4 TTOHNEY s D N. A .B K m N3 N .Eml Sm. N5@ E wud .Fe Nm F L O O T 6m. 2 9 1 Il e n u J Patented June 8, 1926.

UNITED stares YNIEIs W. JENSEN, ORNORTH TROY, NEW-YORK, AssIGNOR "ros. AND R'.' FOLDING i MACHINE COMPANY, or cOIIOEsNDW YORIQIA. CORPORATION OFLNEW YORK;

TooLrfFoR FOLDING SHIRT NECKBANDS.

Application mea February 2o, 1923.. serial No. (520,152.`

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide means for facilitating the sea-ming of the raw edge of thecollar'bands; to facilif tate the folding of the material preparatory to formingthejsame; tooperate in the manner ,mentioned f on collars constructed' by weaving special fashioned lcollar bands having partialv and complete multi-ply sections and particularly to fold the cut ends of collar Abands formed by severing band sections froma continuously woven fashioned strip having solid double woven and thin single woven lselvaged edges for sewing each band in serviceposition upon a shirt and to simplify and cheapen the construction of the apparatus.

Drawings.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the ap paratus employed for folding the severed ends of the collar band preparatory to 'sewing and inverting the same.

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the apparatus.

Figure 41 is a side view of the apparatus showing in conjunction therewith a frag-v ment of a collar band section for the handling of which the apparatus is especially designed.

Figures 5, 6 and 7 show fragments of the collar band illustrating the three phases of the development of the construction to the completed commercial article.

Description.

which supports the web threads adjacent the edges 12 and 18 are, however, shifted into play alternately with the result that the ma terial adjacent the edges 12 and 13 is woven as lightier,material7` the sections Of which overlie or rest upon each other.

As seen inthe vdrawings In-Figure 1, the

spaces between theportion 16 Vand theedges 12 and 13 arethe single woven sections Vor sections employing half of the web lthreads in the loom. l Theresult isthat the sections 15. are close or tightly woven,v thefthre'ads being drawn close with the result that the y fabric is at this portion semi-stiff requiring substantially no 'starching vrwhen' laundered.

. To Lform pocket sections in the collar' band for receiving a button-hole andthe collar button' used therein the solid portionsll are terminated and spaced apart from-the double ply portion 16. Thepo'rtion 16 isformed by weaving the two sides formingytli'e said portion 16 asin thesame manner as that einployed for forming sections adjacent the edges 12V and 13, or in other words, during the weaving of this section the'web threads are alternately placed in position to receive the woof or shuttle thread. l

When weaving collar'bands of the nature f referred'to the end sections l17 are constructed in a manner described as to the. portion 16. The continuous strip is in reality asuecession of collar lband sections.y These are made according to various lengths of collar bands and the individual bandsaresevered` from the 'continuous strip by cutting through the lsections 17. The result is that the extreme ends of the severed bands are 1 left raw. It becomes necessary to close these ends with a seam and it is desired that the seam shall be turned in within the collar band structure. To assist in the accomplishment of this the apparatus herein disclosed is employed.y l As seen inthe drawings an upright shaping horn 18 is mounted on a base plate 19.

The base plate 19 is secured by suitable fastening devices such as the screws 20 on a table as vindicated by the vnumeral 21. The horn 18 is preferably ,constructed of sheet metal bent upon itself to the sides thereof a slightly ared edge opening channell 22. The'base plate'19 has out therein an edge opening slot 28 which conforms with the channel 22 of the form 18. The upper extremity ofV the .form 18 lhas edges 2 4 inclined at an angle of approximately 15 degrees which upwardly terminate in Shapely'roun'dy corners 25, l

provide between ln practice thek channel 22 and slot Y23 receive-fthe 'body ofthe col'lar band whichis drawn Ydownward until'the corners 25 lcoincide with the'portion loi the sections y17 marking, the lengthzof 'the .collar Yhand. 'llhe *collar 'hand athen being held :the Y`operator easily folds back over the shaping horn so much of the material constitutingithe A'section 17 as will restV upon ythe inclined edges 24.

The section 17 having been *folded bao'lz in thisposition, .the collar .hand and said kseci. tion are renioved from the horn 'T8 I'lifting the collar handnpward in 41'eine-ving it lfrom theeha'nnel 22. 'The section 17 is nowin po-V sition Ito be pressed :and when pressed isk vsewe'd .as indicated 'the I'line of VVsthing 26 in Figure "6` ofy vthe drawings.

V"The1sea1n formed' by Vthe stitching '26 hav- Y *in'g heen made, the end of the collar is nowI inverted fso'that the raw'edge oi w'the collar isturned .in for lheld .'h'etween the .sides form- ,ingthe .section "17.`

vIt will he"unders'toodthat a button-hole lisp'laeed inthe'sect'ion 1'7 which thereafter oins thetwo sides,"'or two-ply 'of which r`this ,section is constructed while the edges 12 Y .fandlat' the 'bottom of the collarhand heof the shirt close the section 17 permanently and securely. Y

Umm.

'- .EL A ltool for VVfoldingV shirt neck .hands i -eomprising `a shaping Y horn having an elongated body, the sides whereof forni an edge `@opening channel.; and means for mounting said horn in stationary service position, said kmea-nsY-ern-ho'dying ralfhase plate rigidly connected wit-h said horn and having an edge `opening slot 'therein' conforming with-the` opening chan-nel Vwith inwardly fcenverging side walls registering 'with fthe slot fof .said hase pl-ate, 'the upperfendsfofsafid iside walls being downwardly linclined*from rthe bend :of Vsaid fhorn to the side 'wal-l ledges 1with the .peak of the horn y'being rounded oli'.

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